Washing-machine



(No Model.)

, H.l SHAMAN.

WASHING MACHINE.

ANo. 402,355. f PaentedApr. 30, 1889.4

UNITED STATES `PATENT QEEICE.

HENRY SEAMAN, OF MEMPHIS, MISSOURI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,355, dated April 30, 1889.

Application lecl November 12, 1888. Serial No. 290,597. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it 'may concern,.-`

Be it known that I, HENRY SEA'MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis,

v in the county of Scotland and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful y Improvements in Steam VVashing-Machines;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

and more durable and more efficient in operation.

T-he noveltyin the present instance resides in the peculiarities of construction and the new combinations of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings,

and then 'particularly poin ted out in the claim. The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of a washing-machine constructed in accordance with my invention.v Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the cylinder, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the cylinder-supporting castings.

I dispense with the castiron sudsing-framel of the patent, and in its place use a wire one, which I have found to be much lighter and stronger, and which does not tear out the sides of 'the machine. I make the cam integral with the journal-bearing casting, and otherwise improve upon the prior construction, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

Referring now to the drawings by letter, A designates a vessel or tank, in which the water is placed to be heated, it having a cover, B, adaptedl to be removed when desired. In

the center of the vessel or tank A, and upon cam D, the back side portions, c, uniting the casting with the cam, being designed to have a fiat bearing against the side of the vessel, as shown, the said casting being preferably provided with a series of holes, d, for the reception of rivets or other suitable means for securing it to the sides of the vessel.

The clothes-cylinder E is placed between two castings, F, having radial arms e, two of which (or, if preferred, all of them) extend Way across the face of the cylinder, and those two extendingacross the upper or smaller section, G, of said cylinder are pivoted on the hubs of the castings F, as shown at f, and are designed to hold'said section G in place, and yet can be readily turned down till they come below the upper edge of the lower section, E, to disengage said section, as shown by dotted lines at the Aleft of Fig. 3, when it is desired to remove the said upper section for the purpose of taking out or putting in the clothes. Catches g`, of dat spring metal, secured at one end to the lower portion, are provided to hold the arms in the position shown by dotted lines at the left of Fig. 3.

The centers of the castings F are provided with sockets h, in which {itthe journals t' of the clothes-cylinder E.

Upon the interior faces of the larger portion of the clothes-cylinder E are placed the sudsing-frames H, each consisting of a light wire frame, I, hinged to the inner face of the said portion by means of suitable connections, as shown at j, and provided at their lower ends with the arms c,wl1ich pass through a slot in the cylinder, as shown, and engage the cams D. The frames I are covered with open wirework l, of sufficient mesh to allow the water to readily pass therethrough, and yet not allow the escape of the clothes. The frames I are formed wi th suitable recesses or bends, m, for the reception of the fingers to handle the sndser when necessary.

The operation is apparent. Vhen the cylinder E is rotated, the arms 7a operate against the cams to draw the sudsing-fra1ne toward the center, and thereby compress the clothes in the cylinder, the elasticity of the clothes forcing the sudsing-frame back when the arms k have ceased to act upon the cams. At each revolution of the cylinder the clothes change their places and are constantly acted on by the forcing out of the dirty snds, and again receiving a fresh supply of Water through the ports n, formed bya V-shaped plate being set in between the walls of the cylinder below openings upon its periphery, and the clothes being acted upon by the compressing and releasing of the sndsing-frame, operated by the arms lc and cams, the dirty Wateris forced ont With greater eect than it could be done by the Weight of the clothes alone.

That I claim as new is*- In a Washing machine, the combination, with the cylinder having removable portion G, of the castings F and the radial arms pivoted to said castings and extended across the face or periphery of said removable portions, and the catches g on the lower portion, snbstantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above l have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY SEAMAN.

Vitnesses:

J. R. CLnMoNs, J, S. PIL. 

